NATO: Russian Troops Have Crossed The Border Into Ukraine

NATO officials report that Russian troops have the crossed the border into Ukraine.”Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defence systems and Russian combat troops” were all seen, according to US General Philip Breedlove.

Breedlove commented:

“As to their intent, I’m not sure. My strategic team believes that there is a possibility that, as you know, this pocket of separatist Russian-backed forces and Russian forces in the east of Ukraine – it’s not a very contiguous pocket. There are lines of communications that are interrupted. There are airports that are not held by the Russian-backed forces etc.”

“And so it is our first guess that these forces will go in to make this a more contiguous, more whole and capable pocket of land in order to then hold on to it long term.”

The UN Security Council is convening a Security Council meeting to discuss the sightings later today.

General Breedlove also reported that Russia is deploying nuclear-capable weapons to Crimea. There have been reports that Russia has deployed short-range Iskander ballistic missiles that could potentially be equipped with nuclear weapons.